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No book will make me an expert, but I don’t need to be. I just need to feel comfortable with our path and our plans.
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Regard risk in reach for investment yield
As investors seek to raise fixed-income returns amid low interest rates, Kendall Bauer warns that reaching for yield entails risks. Kendall spoke with Kyle Tetting in a MONEY TALK VIDEO that was part of the 2021 Investment Outlook Seminar. […]
Retirement investing: Consider Roth
By Joel Dresang The Roth gives us another option for cash in our retirement arsenal, and it’s ours tax-free. […]
Money Talk Quiz: Why did they say that?
To see if you’ve been paying attention, test your knowledge on a sample of what Landaas & Company advisors have addressed recently in Money Talk articles and during the weekly Money Talk Podcast. (Winners receive wisdom and bragging rights.) […]
Allocation to optimize reward vs. risk
In a Money Talk Video from the 2020 Investment Outlook Seminar, Bob Landaas and Dave Sandstrom explain how investment mix is key to optimizing risk-adjusted returns. […]
Pessimism could send a contrary signal
By Kyle Tetting Economists at Yale University’s decades-long confidence surveys ask investors what they believe the probability is of a “catastrophic stock market crash in the U.S. in the next six months.” Individual investors were as pessimistic as ever in August, according to survey data. The most recent report shows little improvement. […]
Separating politics from portfolios
By Joel Dresang Economists from San Diego State University and the University of Kansas have studied the political partisan bias of mutual fund managers. What they found suggests investors are best served by separating their wallets from their ballots. […]